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Brad Wible mentioned "Social skills to pay the bills" (1). The trend will last as long as human beings are working. Many human jobs could be done by artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the near future (2). If so, the conventional social skills will not be needed anymore. An owner of profitable AI systems will become rich while people replaced by AI will become poor. In the long run, the gap between the rich and poor will dramatically increase by artificial intelligence. We must take care of a large number of people replaced by AI. We must seriously think concepts like guaranteed minimum income or universal basic income in the near future (3).